Adam (Alan Austen) is just your ordinary guy, commuting to and fro work
every day with nothing ever happening, until one day he bumps into a
fellow commuter - who disappears pretty much upon touch, as do all other
commuters and finally he himself disappears, being sucked into a world he
doesn't understand, a world that's remote-controlled by a mysterious woman
(Emma Dark) who challenges him in a game where he has to kill all the
right people, a game with rules he doesn't even understand ... Slightly
reminiscent of the cult TV series The Prisoner (minus the
bouncing balls), Salient Minus Ten is a pretty cool piece of
science fiction cinema, one that manages to suck the audience into its
story without giving its game away or relying terribly much on genre
tropes. Instead the movie goes for surrealism and for creating its own
world with its own rules while intentionally leaving its central questions
unanswered and thus up for interpretation. And an atmosphere-righ
directorial effort coupled with a solid central performance by Alan Austen
really bring all of this to life rather beautifully in a film the
distinguishing science fiction fan is bound to enjoy. ... and
if this has at all gotten you interested, you can buy the film on DVD at
https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/794821570/
together with director Emma Dark's earlier Seize
the Night.
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